Sharp County record., 1887-11-10
Miscellaneous Items.

ase Miscellaneous Items.
: ~ Acting.Secretary Muldrow of the ln-
y y. erior Department, has affirmed the decIs'
-4 on of Land Commissioner Sparks, refus'
no repayment of alleged excess payment
"a "ny j. t. Sanuaford of $l.25 per acre on
ash entry for a quarter section Of land IN
be district of Little Rock.
-, ~ Three young boys from st. Louis were
Nv y. rrested in Little Rock a few nights ago
4; harged with carrying concealed weapons
!, The boys gave their names as Will Bald
= win (colored), aged seventeen, John Foley,
Y .ged sixteen, and his brother, Eddie
FOLEY, aged fourteen. They said they
u I, we're on their way to Texas to become
~ !. cowboys and train.robbers. They took
~ ~ possession of an empty box-car, and when
A rdered out drew their pistols and showed
light. They afterwards attempted to
cave town, but were caught and locked
N, Up.
VS. Baxter County has a school population
v,.f 1850, with three districts unreported'
!, Last year the total was ,627.
~, A Nevada County woman says: "Tur.
- lips Is scace, the taters is dry and tuff, de
pring chicken is gone and de pigs is not
i at nor haint fat needer,"
" a, The finest quality of ribbon sugar-cane
a grown in Miller County. Many farm.
a ,rs are grinding it and making excellent
siirup, in sufficient quantities for home con.
lunption.
October frosts have done much to glad
len the souls of people living in the river
NJ bottoms and other malarial districts.
u. " Malarial diseases had been rather more
y han usually prevalent and fatal before
he frost came.
y E. P. Laws, of Beebe, obtained the con.
y Tact for supplying 100000 feet of pine
w. y. lumber to be used in building a railrGcd
from Kansas City to East Lynn, sixty
miles. He has sub-let the contract to Ar.
Kansas lumbermen.
y Crops in Monroe County are said to be
n 80 abundant this year that transportation
facilities are not sufficient to carry off the
produce, though the county is traversed
by regular line of steamboats, and two
~broad-gauge railroads.
AT recent session the Clark County
County Court appropriated 1000 to pur.
" chase county poor farm. The prosperity
of the county was further illustrated by
" the levying of a four-mill tax to paw an
Nold debt that does not fall due until 1899.
y One Of the interesting features on the
last day of the Independence County fair
" was the impromptu ex-Confederate re.
'Aunion at the command of Colonel Tom
Morgan, a veteran of the war who falls
below sixty.two years of age, hence can
mot draw a pension for gallant sery.
ices in the Mexican war. Some
'eighty-two men fell into line and
y marched around the ring, hating
! In front Of the judges stand, when Hon.
\ 4. j. Stubbs delivered one of his best
talks. A Hardee. Cleburne division bat
tle.fag was displayed from the stand.
There are 1921 attendants at the public
schools of Little Rock.
Y State Geologist Prof. j. c. Branner. it is
said, has secured some valuable assistance
|, from the United States coast SURVEYORS.
and Will shortly run an accurate line from
y Little Rock to Memphis, which will en-.
apie nimto determine the height above sea
level, and secure the exact altitude at all
points in the State.
Inc saw-mill, shingle.mill and planning.
mill OF Mi. c. c. Loomis, situated about
tnree miles north of Little Rock, on ths
IRON mountain railroad, at Loomis Sta.
uon, was consumed by fire few nights
ago. The cause was fire in the woods
and so flerce were the flames and ca ran;5
sneir advance that Mr.. Loomis and his
men were compelled to seek safety in
n'gn1' 30 parched and dry were the
WOODS around the mill that the flames ran
snrough the tops of the trees, devourino
every thing in their way. About S15O OO9
worth OF fine lumber was DESTROYED with
all the bindings about them. Mr. Loomis
puts MS loss at 5000 to 81 900, upon which
there was no insurance.
Ihe Little Rock Exposition is omen.
noao overseers would do well to remem-
per tnat the law says they must '.cause to
Dc erected and kept in good repair a
eploe-post at the forks and crossing.
p'aces OF every road and highwayu in
'ne several districts, on which shall he
p'ainly Inscribed the distance to the
may Lead" -''n 'u'n roao
mr. Max Parker, a prominent business
aan .aa :, L,ttle Rock, and a respected citi.
sen' uled few days ago, after very
suor' lness' He was native Bohemian.
nut settled in Little Rock in 1864. and has
oeen M ldentiied with her enterprises ever
me sweet potato crop in Miller County
y 9pe ~ the best made for ysaFa,